ourselves en · PRON
Pronunciation
- /aʊɚˈsɛlvz/ (General-American)
- /aʊəˈsɛlvz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- /wɐˈsɛlz/ (Northumbria)
- /ɑːˈsɛlvz/ (Received-Pronunciation)
- (US) audio
- /ɑɹˈsɛlvz/ (General-American)
- /wəˈsɛlz/ (Northumbria)
Etymology
Morphologically our + -selves.
Meanings
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(reflexive) Us; the group including the speaker as the object of a verb or preposition when that group also is the subject.
Let's not beat ourselves up over this.
We should keep this for ourselves.
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(emphatic) Intensifies the subject as the group including the speaker, especially to indicate that no one else satisfies the predicate or needs to be included.
We did it ourselves.
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(colloquial) Referring to everyone being addressed.
Now then children, I'm not going to help you with the next problem. We should be able to work this one out ourselves.
Come on everyone! Let's get ourselves up and out of bed, please.
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(colloquial, qualifier:may seem patronising) Referring to an individual person being addressed, especially a person in the speaker's care; also ourself.
Hello Mrs Miggins. Did we manage to wash ourselves this morning?
Coordinate term: nurse's we
Well done Timmy! Did we make that model ourselves?
Forms
| Spelling | Features | Labels | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| case of we | Reflex=Yes | lexicographic |
Coordinates
Deriveds
Relateds
Ime · they · he · themhem · mymineme · me · thou · your · all yours y'all's you guys' your guys' · her · thyselftheeselfthysen · she · themselvestheirsen · y'allselves · oursourn · our · themself · himselfhisselfhissen · The following table shows a list of English personal pronoun · itselfhitself · one · yourselves · mine · all your y'all's your all's you guys' your guys' · yoursyourn · archaic forms are in italics. 1 See Appendix:English third-person singular pronouns for attested neopronoun. · yourselfyoursen · itshishits · itshis · ourselvesourselfoursen · us · – · their · him · we · you · one's · ithit · hishisn · including archaic and dialectal forms. Dialectal and obsolete · thythine · myselfmemysen · theirstheirn · hershern · his · themselves · herselfhersen · youye · thine · you ally'all you guys yous · them · theirs · 'em · oneself · thee
Synonyms
Translations (61)
uk себе́ (reflexive: us) · be сябе́ (reflexive: us) · uk собі́ (reflexive: us) · sv (vi) själva (emphatic: we) · cy ein hun (reflexive: us) · lv mēs pašas (emphatic: we) · la nōsmet (reflexive: us) · se iežame du (reflexive: us) · ru себя́ (reflexive: us) · lv mēs paši (emphatic: we) · eo ni (reflexive: us) · ca ens (reflexive: us) · io ni ipsa (reflexive: us) · rom amen (reflexive: us) · se ieža (emphatic: we) · sk my same (emphatic: we) · be мы са́мі (emphatic: we) · it ci (reflexive: us) · fi itse (emphatic: we) · se iežamet (reflexive: us) · ar أَنْفُسَنَا (emphatic: we) · fi itsemme (reflexive: us) · sv oss själva (reflexive: us) · hu magunk (reflexive: us) · pt nós mesmos (emphatic: we) · es nos (reflexive: us) · it noi stesse (reflexive: us) · cmn 我们自己 (emphatic: we) · sah бэйэбит (reflexive: us) · ro noi însene (reflexive: us) · ca mateixos (emphatic: we) · tyv бодувус (reflexive: us) · uk ми самі́ (emphatic: we) · be сабе́ (reflexive: us) · eo nin (reflexive: us) · uk ми сами́ (emphatic: we) · cy ein hunan (reflexive: us) · es nosotros mismos (emphatic: we) · ase A@IpsiChest-RadialBack A@ContraChest-RadialBack (emphatic: we) · be -цца (reflexive: us) · cmn 我們自己 /我们自己 (emphatic: we) · be сабо́й (reflexive: us) · ro noi înșine (reflexive: us) · nah tehhuāntin (emphatic: we) · hu magunkat (reflexive: us) · ar أَنْفُسَنَا (reflexive: us) · kjh позыбыс (reflexive: us) · it noi stessi (reflexive: us) · nah tehhuān (reflexive: us) · ru са́ми (emphatic: we) · eo ni mem (emphatic: we) · srn wisrefi (reflexive: us) · dsb se (reflexive: us) · ga sinn féin (emphatic: we) · pt nos (reflexive: us) · sk my sami (emphatic: we) · ga sinn féin (reflexive: us) · cmn 我们自己 (reflexive: us) · pt nós (reflexive: us) · es nosotros (reflexive: us) · cmn 我們自己 /我们自己 (reflexive: us)